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Thomas Carlyle: Cast forth thy act, thy word, into the everliving, ever-working universe. It is…

Cast forth thy act, thy word, into the everliving, ever-working universe. It is a seed-grain that cannot die; unnoticed to-day, it will be found flourishing as a banyan grove, perhaps, alas, as a hemlock forest, after a thousand years.

In today’s wordsThrow your act and your word into the ever-living, ever-working universe. It's a seed that can't die; unnoticed today, it will flourish as a banyan grove, or perhaps, alas, a hemlock forest, a thousand years from now.

Thomas CarlyleCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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